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Digital Diasporas: An Overview of the Research Areas of Migration and New Media Through a Narrative Literature Review
Human Technology, volume 15, issue 2 (2019), pp. 142-180
"Academic research on migration and the use of new media constitutes a growing field. The first studies dealing explicitly with the field appeared in the end of the 1990s. Now, it has become an established research area. The impact and importance of the new technologies for migrants is well establis
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Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe: Media Representations, Public Opinion, and Refugees' Experiences
Leuven: Leuven University Press (2019), 207 pp.
"This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the d
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Social Accountability on Durable Solutions: Perception Survey in Bossaso and Baidoa
Nairobi: Africa's Voices Foundation (2019), 65 pp.
"Somalia is facing a protracted displacement crisis. Since the new wave of displacement as a result of the 2016/2017 drought, 2.6 million people - one in six Somalis - have been forced to flee their homes.1 Displaced groups in Somalia are extremely vulnerable - lacking in sustainable livelihoods, pe
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Syria on the move - Lawein Al-Azim? Über den Einsatz von Fotografie als Erkenntnis- und Ausdrucksmedium
In: Diaspora: Netzwerke globaler Gemeinschaften
Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2019), pp. 191-199
"Das mehrstufige Projekt ‚Syria on the Move‘ zielt darauf ab, aus Syrien geflüchteten Jugendlichen mittels Fotografie eine Stimme zu geben, Bewusstsein und Unterstützung für syrische Geflüchtete in den Aufnahmegesellschaften zu mobilisieren sowie gegenseitiges Vertrauen innerhalb der syrisch
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Seascapes of Solidarity: Refugee Cinema and the Representation of the Mediterranean
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 38-53
"Films about refugees have been embraced by accented cinema. Indeed, exilic filmmakers continue to test the boundaries of cinema, and specifically its strong bonds with nation and land. But not all exiles are refugees. This article offers that for Arab refugees the journeys across the sea define the
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Refugees on Film: Assessing the Political Strengths and Weaknesses of the Documentary Style
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 107-122
"The article considers one dominant tendency of independent filmmaking, and its impact on the treatment of the refugee (broadly conceived): the application of contemporary documentary methods to both fiction and nonfiction works. The goal is a preliminary exploration of the complex, context-sensitiv
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Information Hubs on Migration: Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
San José (CR): International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2019), ii, 70 pp.
"IOM presents the Handbook for Information Hubs on Migration, which is based on the model promoted by the Regional Programme on Migration in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, an IOM programme implemented for more than 10 years with the aim of promoting humane and sustainable migration governance in the
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Weaponised Information in Brazil: Digitising Hate
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 18 pp.
"In the last few years, the world information ecosystem has been flooded by the “fake news” phenomena, augmented by the widespread use of social media. The fragmentation and scale of the new communication tools help spread old ideologies, that uphold racism, homophobia, and oppression. This phen
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"The online e-Media Toolkit provides first-hand assistance to media professionals with learning resources, training courses, and opportunities to share and interact in three sections: 1. Learning: allows users to take courses in which journalists or editors of leading media outlets share their real-
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GFMD Thematic Workshop “Narratives on Migration: Toward Evidence-Based Communication”, 4-5 July 2019, Mohammed VI International Conference Center, Skhirat, Morocco: Highlights of Proceedings
Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) (2019), 10 pp.
"As the Global Compact for for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) states in its guiding principles, "we also must provide all our citizens with access to objective, evidence-based, clear information about the benefits and challenges of migration, with a view to dispelling misleading narrative
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The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: A literature review
Annals of the International Communication Association, volume 42, issue 3 (2018), pp. 207-223
"To understand public opinion about immigration in Europe, one has to understand the media’s role in it. We present a literature review on research on media discourse on immigration and their effects. Despite differences in the way immigration and migrant groups are represented in European media,
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Five Questions for Digital Migration Studies: Learning From Digital Connectivity and Forced Migration In(to) Europe
Social Media + Society, volume 4, issue 1 (2018), 11 pp.
"Social media are increasingly popular channels of information on which migrants base their decisions on whether to migrate and the destinations where to settle. While social media offer a relatively cheap, easily accessible, and media-rich means of communication, their use is not without challenges
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Information Needs Assessment: Agadez, Niger
Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 57 pp.
"Much migration within Niger and across its borders is driven by poverty and the hope for a better life, but these movements are also risky and open new vulnerabilities. Migrants from Niger or other African countries constantly face difficulties and are often among the poorest and most disadvantaged
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Rapid Assessment on Information Ecosytem and Access to Justice for SGBV Survivors, Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Internews (2018), 39 pp.
"Between October and December 2018, Internews carried out a rapid assessment in Kyangwali to examine two key issues: the settlement’s information ecosystem, and the formal and informal justice system operational in the settlement and available particularly to survivors of sexual and gender-based v
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Physical Fences and Digital Divides: A Global Detention Project Investigation Into the Role of Social Media in the Context of Migration Control. Part I: Exposing the "Crisis"
Geneva: Global Detention Project (2018), 29 pp.
"This Global Detention Project Special Report is aimed at improving our understanding of how people use social media during their migration journeys, with a special emphasis on their use in the context of detention and migration control in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Part I, “Exposing the
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Journalists covering the refugee and migration crisis are affected by moral injury not PTSD
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 9, issue 3 (2018), pp. 1-7
"Objective: To explore the emotional health of journalists covering the migrations of refugees across Europe. Design: Descriptive. A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identifying number and password to access the site. Setting: Newsrooms and in the field. Partic
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